Dutch Flat Historic District

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. 14 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1891.

From the record

One of 35 National Register listings published here for Placer County · listed in 1973 · category: District.

Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

Address. Main and Stockton Sts., Dutch Flat, 95714
When was it listed? March 1973
Category. district
Census division. Colfax-Monumental Ridge
National Register reference number. 73000419 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Dutch Flat Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,469 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	95
Equipment and vehicle use	58
Debris and open burning	36
Natural	21
Recreation and ceremony	12
Railroad operations and maintenance	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	8
Arson/incendiarism	7
Smoking	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Other causes	1
Fireworks	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	DUTCH
7 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Central California District	UNNAMED FIRE 1434
6 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	ALTA
5 September 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	FOREBAY
5 September 2005	Smoking	under an acre	Central California District	GOLD RUN
4 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	IRON POINT CDF_ALTA
4 September 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Nevada-Yuba-Placer Unit	CULBERSON
4 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Tahoe National Forest	SHIRTTAIL

Every fire recorded in Placer County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 262 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 262 workings within 5 miles of Dutch Flat Historic District: 79 unknowns, 75 occurrences, 74 past producers, 34 producers. 34 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, Asbestos. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Arkansas Traveler	Gold, Copper, Silver	Past Producer
Big Blue	Gold, Lead	Past Producer	Galena, Gold
Dutch Flat District	Gold, Platinum, Silver, Lead, Iron, Zinc, Copper, Indium	Past Producer	1849
Lincoln Clay Pit and Mill	Clay	Producer
Greenhorn Creek	Gold, Copper	Past Producer
Greenhorn Creek	Copper, Gold	Occurrence
Jumbo No 1	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Unknown
Mccarty Prospect	Manganese	Occurrence
Mccarty Prospect	Manganese	Unknown	1918
Sullivan & Mccormick Claim	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Occurrence

Every working recorded in Placer County

Maps showing this location

14 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

1891 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
1894 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
1898 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
1900 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000
1902 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000 - 7 printings
1938 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:125000 - 3 printings
1950 USGS Colfax quadrangle1:62500 - 4 printings
1950 USGS Dutch Flat quadrangle1:24000 - 8 printings
1951 USGS Dutch Flat quadrangle1:24000
1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000 - 4 printings
1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
2000 USGS Dutch Flat quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings

Listed places nearby

1 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	Stevens Trail	7.4 miles	2002

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 73000419 in Record Group 79.
Placer County	All 35 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.